FRIDAY SATURDAY 01,02 MARCH 2002 INDIA: RIGHTS & WRONGS A DAILY MEDIA MONITOR OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN INDIA.
GOOD NEWS/PEACE MAKERS Hate wave fails to scorch fellow feeling (Ahmedabad) Even as the city was burning following the bandh called by VHP activists, there were a few who braved mobs to save the lives of their neighbours and even those not known to them. http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020302/ayo10.html In danger twice, aid worker moved out (Baroda) A day after his Hindu neighbours saved him from a mob of angry youths, social activist J.S. Bandukwala had to be escorted to safety today as the number of assaulters swelled to over 300. http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020302/ayo9.html Community doesn't hamper rescue deeds (Hyderabad) Three persons including a woman were injured when nine houses of the majority community were attacked in the Chandranagar locality in the Old City on Friday.The list of injured could have been higher but for their neighbours, from the minority community, who proved that standing by each other in times of crisis is a virtue that needs to be followed by all. Six of the eight families of the majority community in the area were saved by their neighbours. http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_Id=2509918 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/ COMMUNALISM 140 killed as Gujarat bandh turns violent http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103030100.htm Twenty-two people burnt alive in Gujarat village http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/02train1.htm 8 of family burnt in Sumo 100m from home Eight members of a Muslim family were burnt to death in their Tata Sumo near the CTM crossroads in Ahmedabad when they tried to flee the riot-ravaged city on Friday afternoon. http://www.hclinfinet.com/2002/MAR/WEEK1/7/AAOInsideNN2.jsp Govt. will act tough: PM Even as the Government heaved a sigh of relief that the VHP-sponsored ``bharat bandh'' passed off without any major trouble, a determined and angry Opposition (and some allies) kept up the pressure on the Centre to ensure that the Gujarat Government fulfilled its obligation to protect all citizens. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203060100.htm PM seeks RSS help http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103020100.htm Method behind Centre's laxity? Early on the 28th, reports poured in of mobs targeting Muslims throughout Gujarat as the police stood by. Neither Vajpayee, nor Union Home Minister L K Advani - whose political base is Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar - saw fit to instruct their party colleague, Narendra Modi, to crack down. http://www.timesofindia.com/Articleshow.asp?art_id=2503438 VHP climbs down on temple issue In a significant development, the VHP on Friday said it was willing to consider postponing its temple construction plan from March 15 if the government or RSS gives it a written assurance that worshipping of pillars would be allowed in the acquired land in Ayodhya within three months. http://www.timesofindia.com/Articleshow.asp?art_id=2448314 VHP accuses Vajpayee of 'criminal negligence' An unrelenting Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) accused the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, of ``criminal negligence'' and held the Union Government responsible for the attack on the Sabarmati Express in which 57 people were killed. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103201300.htm BJP, VHP activists stage `rasta roko' (Karnatak) The Gulbarga District unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) today demonstrated and held up traffic near the Vallabhai Patel Chowk for more than 40 minutes demanding action against the culprits responsible for setting fire to carriages in the Sabarmati Express in which 58 persons were killed on Wednesday. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030101270300.htm Give protection to kar sevaks: Shiv Sena http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2449647 Muslim leaders condemn violence http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103211300.htm Paramhans offer to PM In an apparent softening of stance, the president of Ramjanmabhoomi Nyas, Mahant withdrawn from the temple town, but ruled out the postponement of the proposed temple construction from March 15. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030207011100.htm Bukhari calls for joint team to visit Gujarat http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2479124 Jaffri fired on mob, defends Narendra Modi Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi termed as ''barbaric'' the mass killing of minority community residents in two parts of the city. Regarding the killing of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri, he said, ''there was firing from inside the house''. http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2504855 Bid to torch mosque in Haryana http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203161100.htm 17 'kar sevaks' held in Sealdah (Kolkata) http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203181100.htm What diversion? Trains of sevaks still pour into Ayodhya http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020302/ayo1.html Minorities panel calls for unity The National Commission for Minorities has expressed shock and distress over the recent incidents in the country and appealed to all the communities to stand together to prevent divisive forces from attempting to fragment the country and spoil its secular image. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203241100.htm Centre delayed deployment of paramilitary forces http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2504513 ABVP disrupts classes in DU The repercussions of the Sabarmati incident were felt in Delhi University where nearly 150 office-bearers of the BJP-affiliated ABVP forced teachers and students to abandon classes. Wearing orange bandanas and allegedly wielding lathis and swords, they vandalised and forcibly closed the university Central Library. They raised slogans against the Sabarmati incident. http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/020302/detCIT03.asp Major incidents of communal violence in Gujarat since 1992 http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/010302/dLNAT03.asp Train attackers to be detained under POTO: Modi http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/010302/dLNAT16.asp Two councillors among 63 held (Godhra) http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=2402325 Five held for spreading rumours (Kolkata) http://www.telegraphindia.com/archive/1020301/index.htm Horror in Gujarat (Editorial) http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030200061000.htm After the Riot (Editorial) India's vision for itself stained by 72 hours of horror http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020302/ed2.html Gandhi's land in flames (Opinion) http://www.indian-express.com/ie20020302/ed3.html They didn't start the fire (Opinion) http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=\edit3&d=Edits Godhra and our double standards (Opinion) http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=\edit4&d=Edits And my India silently weeps (Opinion) http://www.hclinfinet.com/2002/MAR/WEEK1/7/opinionts1frame.jsp There must be a difference between a government and a mob (Opinion) http://www.hclinfinet.com/2002/MAR/WEEK1/7/opinionts2frame.jsp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- GENDER JUSTICE Girl kills father after attempted rape (Meerut) http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=\luck1&d=Lucknow NGO fights female foeticide (Vadodra) http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=2406488 Lok Adalat for women's cases http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030205050300.htm Protest against harassment of anganwadi workers The Janavadi Mahila Association, in association with the State CITU today staged a dharna near Mysore Bank Circle to protest against sexual harassment of anganawadi workers in the state. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar02/s10.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- DALIT/TRIBAL RIGHTS SC/ST employees to be promoted (Bangalore) http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar01/s3.htm Finding the resources - I (Opinion: Gail Omvedt) http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/03/01/stories/2002030101101200.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- HUMAN RIGHTS NHRC notice to Gujarat Govt. Disturbed over the communal flare-up in Gujarat and alleged police inaction in preventing violence, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today issued suo motu notice to the State Chief Secretary and the DGP on the steps taken to tackle the situation. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203141100.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- POLICE BIAS / ATROCITIES No one responds to Jafri's calls For hours yesterday, Ehsaan Jafri called the police control room as a mob surrounded his bungalow in the Chamanpura area. Help did not arrive. The 76-year-old former MP and his entire family were burnt alive. http://www.telegraphindia.com/national.htm#head5 Police chief vanishes as Rajkot burns While Rajkot burned on Thursday, its police commisisoner did a vanishing act. As mobs rampaged through the city and curfew had to be clamped after a gap of 17 years, Upendra Singh switched his mobile phone off and was nowhere to be find. http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=2461130 Police accused of indifference (Vadodra) http://www.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_ID=2402171 Six cops get life term for beating youths in custody (UP) http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/020302/detCIT12.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION SC stay on syllabi The Supreme Court today stayed the implementation of the controversial National Curriculum Framework for Secondary Education (NCFSE) termed by many educationists an attempt to ``saffronise'' school syllabi. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203040100.htm Peanuts for primary education: Experts Human resources development minister Murli Manohar Joshi is not likely to be overjoyed with the hike in allocation for primary education, a key sector in his ministry http://www.telegraphindia.com/archive/1020301/index.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
ETHNIC CONFLICTS J&K 11 terrorists, one cop killed in Kashmir http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/010302/dlnat126.asp Himalayan transition (Opinion) http://www.thestatesman.net/page.editorial.php3?id=3852&type=Perspectives&th eme=A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- TERRORISM/ ARMED CONFLICTS Bail for Tiger Memon's brother A designated TADA court has, on medical grounds, granted bail to Yusuf Abdul Razak Memon, serial bomb blast-accused and brother of Tiger Memon who masterminded the 1993 explosions in Mumbai. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2002030203000100.htm Naxalites in police net (Kolkata) http://www.telegraphindia.com/archive/1020301/index.htm Double standards Sheikh's extradition may be tricky (Opinion) http://www.thestatesman.net/page.editorial.php3?id=3846&theme=A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES MONITORED: THE TIMES OF INDIA THE INDIAN EXPRESS THE HINDU THE HINDUSTAN TIMES THE ASIAN AGE DECCAN SHERALD DECCAN CHRONICLE THE PIONEER THE STATESMAN THE TELEGRAPH KASHMIR MONITOR KASHMIR TIMES THE TRIBUNE REDIFF ON THE NET THE MID-DAY THE AFTERNOON OUTLOOK THE WEEK INDIA TODAY FRONTLINE (MORE TO BE ADDED SOON)
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